Miraba la noche el alma contains art songs by Latin American Women composers that include the Argentine Lía Cimaglia (Buenos Aires, 1906-1998), a remarkable pianist, pedagogue and composer; Celia Torrá (Conception de Uruguay, 1899-1962), a virtuoso violinist, composer and pedagogue; as well as pianist and composer Irma Urteaga (1929). From Cuba, we include works of the composer and pedagogue Gisela Hernández (1912-1971) and from Brazil, the songs of Babi de Oliveira (1903-1993) and Kilza Setti (1932*). We also feature works by the Mexican composer Maria Grever (1885-1951) and the CatalansCarlota Garriga (1937*) and Anna Cazurra (1965*).

Catalan Art Songs by women composers. Among the included composers are Carlota Garriga (1937 *), Elisenda Fàbregas (1958*) and Anna Cazurra (1965*). The CD includes 2 new song cycles that were written for the Barcelona Festival of Song. Tiempo de Amor by Elisenda Fàbregras, with poetry of Al andalusi poets Ibn Zaydun and Wallada and Tensho by Anna Cazurra with poetry of Carles Duarte i Montserrat (1959). It also includes a cycle of Catalan traditional songs arranged by coposer Carlota Garriga.

De Catalunya vinc... offers an essential journey into understanding Catalan culture, history, and sensibility in which the art song serves as a mirror in which society and its values are reflected at different points in history.

Lied: Art Songs of Latin America (2001) is a compilation of 25 of the most beautiful Latin American art songs, works inspired by German lieder and written by 20th century Latin American composers for piano and voice works by Ginastera, Guastavino, Estevez, Ovalle, León, Ponce, Morales Pino, Calvo and Obradors, some of them recorded for the first time on this CD, are a thorough review of the complexities of Latin American sensitivities and musical expression. Available of itunes, Amazon, itunes

On the occasion of the celebration of the tenth anniversary of the Barcelona Festival of Song, Patricia wrote this book which examines the genre of Latin American and Iberian art song, putting special attention to its dissemination and in the importance of Internet as a tool for its preservation and international promotion. She reflects on the process of construction that have taken place within the Barcelona Festival of Song, a space that has served to legitimize the Repertoire, its performers and composers.

Jaime León: Analysis and Compilation of his works for voice & piano Vol.2

Mundo Arts Publication MA001, New York, January, 2009

In this beautifully edited book you will find 18 songs by Colombian composer Jaime León (1921-2015). It has an introductory study that contextualizes the works and their composers and poets. This study is presented in Spanish and English.

The books provides translation of the poems into English and their phonetic transcription. In our website www.mundoarts.com, singers will be able to find audio files with the pronunciation of the texts, by a native Spanish-speaker.

Jaime León: Analysis and Compilation of his works for voice & piano Vol.2

Mundo Arts Publication MA002, New York, January, 2009

In this beautifully edited book you will find 18 songs by Colombian composer Jaime León (1921). It has an introductory study that contextualizes the works and their composers and poets. This study is presented in Spanish and English. The books provides translation of the poems into English and their phonetic transcription. In our website www.mundoarts.com, singers will be able to find audio files with the pronunciation of the texts, by a native Spanish-speaker.

This book, the first critical anthology and the first to offer a musicological effort that contextualizes the genre in Latin America, belongs in the library of everyone who studies, performs, or loves the art song genre. Also belongs in the library of Universities and Conservatories. To see the table of contents and the song index please click in the links.

The book begins with an introductory study that discusses the art song genre and the genre's birth and development in Latin America. The book also contains notes about the songs in the anthology and a biography of their composers. The song texts are in Spanish and Portuguese. Read a review published in the Journal of Singing.

The art songs of Jaime León stand as some of the most beautiful art songs written in Latin-America during the last century. Soprano Patricia Caicedo, a true expert in León's music interprets his music with tenderness, passion & delicacy. In this CD you will find 23 of his songs.

Estrela e lúa novaArt Songs of Latin-America & Spain (2011) Recorded live at the opening concert of the 7th Barcelona Festival of Song®, celebrated on June 30th, 2011, at the Sala Oriol Martorell of Barcelona´s Auditori, this CD is an invitation to discover and appreciate the music and poetry of some of the most important Latin-American and Spanish composers and writers of the last century.Singing in Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Quechua and Nahuatl, Patricia Caicedo invites us to a universe full of color, sensuality, tenderness and poetry: the world of the Latin-American and Spanish Art Song. The CD is available on itunesand CDBaby.

Aware of the difficulties that creative women have faced to promote their work, in 2015 the Patricia published this book with the complete songs for voice and piano written by Argentinean composer Irma Urteaga. In addition to the scores, the book includes an introductory study in which deepens on the development of the art song in Argentina, a biography of the composer, notes about the works and the poetic texts of the songs.The study is in Spanish and in English.

In this beautifully edited book, you find the song cycle ALQUIMIA written by Bolivian composer Agustin Fernandez for the Barcelona Festival of Song 2006. The book has an introductory study that contextualizes the works, the composer´s biography, and the poems.This study is presented in Spanish and English. You find the sheet music of the 3 songs. Click in the image to buy it: